TWO suspected armed robbers, who appeared in court yesterday, told a Harare magistrate that they had no intention to cooperate with the police during their investigations, as they were heavily assaulted while in custody. Sheman Penyani, 21, and Isiah Chiocha, 42, were arraigned before magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing three counts of armed robbery before they…
A WATERFALLS man gave a suspected conman his Mercedes Benz vehicle worth US$12 000 in exchange for a non-existent residential stand in Chitungwiza, a Harare magistrate heard yesterday. The suspected conman, Brian Ncube, 39, appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday and was charged with fraud before he was remanded in custody. He will be back…
A SUSPECTED serial armed robber, who is already in remand prison, appeared in court again last Friday after he was linked to a robbery that was planned to be executed late last month. Roy Mutemagazi, 43, who was illegally based in South Africa, but would regularly sneak into Zimbabwe and commit robberies since 2019, appeared…
A NORTON man is facing fraud charges after he allegedly duped a 65-year-old pensioner into giving him her $1 million retirement package in exchange for United States dollars. Fife Geza was arraigned before Harare magistrate Munashe Chibanda last Friday before he was granted US$150 bail and remanded to August 30. Allegations are that Geza and…
A HARARE City Council (HCC) employee appeared in court last Friday facing fraud charges after he allegedly siphoned over $57 million he had received from ratepayers. Tafadzwa Dzapasi, 35, who is employed as a debtors control officer, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa before he was remanded in custody and he will return to court…
A LEGAL officer in the ministry of Defence has landed in the dock for allegedly using forged legal certificates to practice law. Grace Kurasha, 38, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa on Friday, facing a charge of fraud. She is also facing a separate charge of defeating the course of justice. Kurasha was granted US$300…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITER THE High Court will hear the case of lawyer Lovedale Mangwana, who is seeking an order barring former Cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere from contesting the August 23 presidential election, on July 7. Yesterday lawyers representing Mangwana and Kasukuwere appeared in Justice David Mangota’s chambers at the High Court in Harare for a…
THE High Court has found Tapiwa Makore (senior) and Tafadzwa Shamba guilty of the gruesome murder and dismemberment of the former’s seven-year-old nephew and namesake in 2020. Tapiwa Makore (junior) was killed in a ritual murder by Shamba and Makore (snr) who mutilated the boy’s body so that they could sell its parts to a…
A 24-YEAR-OLD man is facing forgery charges after he was accused of falsifying his Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Ordinary Level certificate. Tanaka Nyangombe was arraigned before magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday, where he was granted US$100 bail before being remanded to June 28. According to court documents, sometime in June last year, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption…
A CHITUNGWIZA man is facing unlawful entry charges after he allegedly broke into the Public Service Commission (PSC) offices in Harare’s central business district and made off with fuel coupons worth US$6 400. Kudzanai Chere, 31, appeared before Harare magistrate Munashe Chibanda on Tuesday before being remanded in custody pending the determination of his bail…
